Samsung Recalls Galaxy Note 7 After Exploding Battery Fires

Last month Samsung unveiled its highly anticipated Galaxy Note 7, which the company's president of mobile communications business D.J. Koh boasted was "the most intelligent smartphone [the brand has] ever created."

But just a couple weeks after its release, Mashablereports that the company is planning to issue a global recall of the new phone, and for a really good reason: Some devices have been reported to catch fire and explode when charging.

YouTuber Ariel Gonzalez uploaded a video of his completely destroyed Note 7 on August 29, less than two weeks after he bought it.

And Ariel isn't the only one who has had a problem. Samsung released a statement saying that 35 cases have been reported, and to protect its customers' safety, the company has stopped all sales and will replace ones that have already been bought in the coming weeks.

CNN says that 2.5 million Note 7s have already been sold, and its not clear what the many owners should do in the weeks leading up to when Samsung replaces the phones.